I think the important thing here isn't that Ed is always wrong - it's that he's a pundit, not a reporter. Sometimes it's good to have a contrarian hardliner who is out to find the most damning information on a topic that has a different consensus, but taking his word on anything is problematic.

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My favorite Ed Zitron is wrong moment was when he claimed that AI models weren't dangerous from a cybersecurity perspective and it was all hype. And boy, look at those 0-days coming out...

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Once you really internalize physicalism and notice how many beliefs both contradict it and people treat you insane for not believing, you go a little nutzo

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I have never been paid by any AI company in any way and I think he’s a grifter selling people what they want to hear by predicting 9 of the last 0 AI bubbles popping. Eventually a contraction will happen and people will talk about how Brave and Vindicated he is.

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kinda forgot about this because I haven't heard it in a while, but do you remember how many people insisted no one would be paying for inference if they had to pay what it cost to provide

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